Guaíba
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ibɐ
- Hyphenation: Gua‧í‧ba
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Tupi kûaaíba (“bad cove”).[1]
Alternative forms
edit- Guahyba (obsolete)
Proper noun
editGuaíba m
- A body of water in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Guaíba f
- An island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Etymology 2
editNamed after the body of water Guaíba.
Proper noun
editGuaíba m
Usage notes
editGuaíba is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
References
edit- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN
Categories:
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ibɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ibɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Places in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Islands
- pt:Places in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- pt:Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil